The Importance of Sleep

Sleep is nature's tonic for a healthy life. The more sound sleep one has, the healthier one will be. The number of hours of sleep required depends on your physical and mental capacity to resist fatigue. Without sufficient sleep, you will have no efficiency.

The amount of sleep required varies with one's age, temperament and the amount of work done.

According to an old adage, there should be six hours of sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool. As age advances one requires less sleep. For an old man above sixty, five hours of sleep may be sufficient. Adults who do hard physical labor may sleep for eight hours. Go to bed at 10pm and get up at 4am. Too much sleep makes a man dull and lethargic.

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